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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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